Hello, excuse my poor command of the language, I'm using google translator, well once it was clear this will raise my question.

my question is focused on the digital material bands, for example just reject a try climbing for not having physical material, however these bands allow for their facebook page downloads can her songs, but are only valid iTunes Amason, etc.

then in the hypothetical case of a band never had physical materials and digital was never through iTunes, Bandcamp, Amazon, the band would never be worthy of being in the Encyclopaedia Metallum?

HiI don't know if this counts but I try it:I re-released a tape this May of the demo Haunted by the Shadows of War by my band Forstyrre.Forstyrre was not accepted becausse it was more Ambient than Black Metal (what I think is not true but anyways).So I re-released the tape with a bonus track which is called "Das warten auf den Krieg".It is old school bm nowSo my question is: Could I resubmit it because that bonus song is black metal with a little ambient part in it and I think my demo is a slow black metal with ambient influences.

Hello, excuse my poor command of the language, I'm using google translator, well once it was clear this will raise my question.

my question is focused on the digital material bands, for example just reject a try climbing for not having physical material, however these bands allow for their facebook page downloads can her songs, but are only valid iTunes Amason, etc.

then in the hypothetical case of a band never had physical materials and digital was never through iTunes, Bandcamp, Amazon, the band would never be worthy of being in the Encyclopaedia Metallum?

Leave a steaming, stinking Rotting Repulsive Rotting Corpse = LIVE YOUNG - DIE FREE and move on to the NEXT form of yourself....or just be a fat Wal-Mart Mcdonalds pc of shit what do I give a fuck what you do.

HiI don't know if this counts but I try it:I re-released a tape this May of the demo Haunted by the Shadows of War by my band Forstyrre.Forstyrre was not accepted becausse it was more Ambient than Black Metal (what I think is not true but anyways).So I re-released the tape with a bonus track which is called "Das warten auf den Krieg".It is old school bm nowSo my question is: Could I resubmit it because that bonus song is black metal with a little ambient part in it and I think my demo is a slow black metal with ambient influences.

Hello, excuse my poor command of the language, I'm using google translator, well once it was clear this will raise my question.

my question is focused on the digital material bands, for example just reject a try climbing for not having physical material, however these bands allow for their facebook page downloads can her songs, but are only valid iTunes Amason, etc.

then in the hypothetical case of a band never had physical materials and digital was never through iTunes, Bandcamp, Amazon, the band would never be worthy of being in the Encyclopaedia Metallum?

The blacklist says it's nu-metal, but the note is from 2012. So I listened to the 2013 album and this isn't really thrash or crossover thrash, more like a mix of mallcore and groove metal/hardcore. Sounds borderline at best, I don't think the band has a place here.

Recently my submission for "Buried Alive!" from the US from rejected for no audio samples, here's one of the 3 songs they recorded on the 1993 demo that I uploaded onto my Youtube channel, sounds like heavy metal to me:

Just saying, Avenged Sevenfold's newest album is pure metal. It's as metal as anything by Iron Maiden or Metallica for sure. They even copy a riff from Metallica. It might not be good, but it's enough to get them off the blacklist. You've done the same with Soulfly

A couple mods gave the newest Avenged Sevenfold album more than a few thorough listens when it was new and ultimately concluded that yes, it's heavier, but it's still not predominately, undeniably, indisputably based in metal. Having a few metal elements or nicked riffs here and there doesn't mean it's a metal record. For massively popular bands like A7X, please just use the search function next time, because there's a 99% chance somebody will have asked before you and already gotten an answer.

Use the search function next time. The album even had its own thread... It's far from being as metal as Maiden or Metallica (it copies the Black Album, not their thrash era anyway.)

Myself back in August 2013 wrote:

Stardate 210813: Commandant Tony here. I dedicated 53 minutes of my evening to this album and here's my thoughts.

Song 1: pretty metal, nods to modern heavy metal like Accept.Song 2: The title track, not so bad, the riffs are really groovy, a bit metal, could possibly be acceptable if the whole album was like it.Song 3: Hard rock track akin to Guns and Roses albeit shitty.Song 4: Rip Off of Metallica's Black Album, metal? sure, I guess?Song 5: They want to sound cool and has half-assed symphonies and an latin intro, pretty damn heavy, kinda ok, kinda metal.Song 6: pop rock balladSong 7: Hard rockSong 8: Borderline, MaidenesqueSong 9: Borderline, some shitty symphonic and blackalbumics again.Song 10: shitty ballad

Overall a pretty diverse album, it clearly has metal elements especially the solos, some of the riffs too. But I say that it's not enough to add them to MA, the core of the band is still hard rock albeit a bit heavier. The first 5 songs would be acceptable, the 2nd half destroyed the precious hopes of their fans!

Tony out. I'll blast some Drawn and Quartered to remove the bitter taste in my mouth.

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raspberrysoda wrote:

well... nazi = national socialist. since when is socialism right wing?

Not to step on anyone's toes here or to start a major controversy but I listened to the sample that's out there and, although it's Dani Filth and it still blows, it's not what I think of when the term nu-metal is thrown around. Also, wouldn't that fit in under the side project rule? Just asking.

Not to step on anyone's toes here or to start a major controversy but I listened to the sample that's out there and, although it's Dani Filth and it still blows, it's not what I think of when the term nu-metal is thrown around. Also, wouldn't that fit in under the side project rule? Just asking.

I haven't checked the latest track, but at the moment this ruling is gone by the demo, which seems to have been taken off youtube (but you can still listen to two of the demo tracks on their soundcloud), which does sound like Drowning Pool with Gothicy overtones.

Also, the band wouldn't count as a side-project as Dani Filth didn't create the band, he joined later on.

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Shadechaser wrote:

But all of them dim and fade 'cause the man named PDS has an other opinion....

Master_Of_Thrash wrote:

All I meant to say was that the band's name doesn't sound ballsy enough for me to listen to it

This is Dan Lively of Sweet Cicada and Victor Griffin's In-Graved. HypNoGoG was 'blacklisted' even though it meets the listing requirement of being my improv side project that I play guitar and sing in. The debut album, as well as all of my material, has been picked up by Stone Groove Records, the song order changed to be more metal on 'side one', and there have also been 2 singles released.. I believe that this project carries enough metal to qualify for listing here (besides being a side project of an already recognized metal artist). Check out the opening number (which has also been released as a single): http://youtu.be/PRYjj34yp7sThere are many more HypNoGoG albums already tracked that to be released soon, and will be quite heavier.Thank you for reconsidering the riff-fest known as HypNoGoG for listing on this cool site.

I haven't checked the latest track, but at the moment this ruling is gone by the demo, which seems to have been taken off youtube (but you can still listen to two of the demo tracks on their soundcloud), which does sound like Drowning Pool with Gothicy overtones.

Also, the band wouldn't count as a side-project as Dani Filth didn't create the band, he joined later on.

Ok. That works. No big deal to me, I don't like them. lol Just wanted clarification.

Hello. A band I submitted was rejected (Majesty in Ruin). We have a hardcopy demo available for purchase as well as a bandcamp page. I was unable to edit any info before re-submitting. It would be helpful if this was an option.

Anyway... Thanks for the service you guys provide! Best site on the web!!

Just wondering, but it says the band "Scar the Surface" from Melbourne, Australia has been blacklisted. They have released their debut album, From the Shadows to the Fire, and sound similar to "Degradead", which has a page here.

Just wondering, but it says the band "Scar the Surface" from Melbourne, Australia has been blacklisted. They have released their debut album, From the Shadows to the Fire, and sound similar to "Degradead", which has a page here.

The blacklist says more -core than metallic. Which I will agree on. Also please don't compare bands to bands we have on the site. 1. We run on a case-by-case basis. 2. Degraded sure doesnt sound like it.

geandro7 wrote:

Why Erra and Between the Buried and Me are blacklisted? I think they are metal enough

BtBaM have been discussed to death, then to undeath, then -to let this metaphor spiral out of control- we destroyed its brain (zombie combat 101) and buried the remnants in a bathysphere on the bottom of the Mariana Trench. And to this day, people are still occasionally pounding on the airlock. Anywho, use the search function and you'll find ample explanation.

majestyinruin wrote:

Hello. A band I submitted was rejected (Majesty in Ruin). We have a hardcopy demo available for purchase as well as a bandcamp page. I was unable to edit any info before re-submitting. It would be helpful if this was an option.

Anyway... Thanks for the service you guys provide! Best site on the web!!

Hello, where can I send physical demo copies to for approval to be on this site? Also the covers that were on the 2014 split were from a band that we were in that has since disbanded, so they are original. Any other things that can be done so that the band shall be excepted will gladly be done. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Our band is metal, we just have a variance of influences that make it a different sounding metal.

10-4, will do...Meanwhile.. in accordance with your guidelines, I think that HypNoGoG being a 'side project' of mine should deem it's inclusion.

What few side-projects we do accept are usually connected to (no offense intended) well-known and renowned artists in the metal scene. These are rare exceptions. It does not mean that every SP of every metal musician out there is going to be added.

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Do you think that being improvised diminishes heaviness?

It's not really about the presence of improvisation diminishing anything. It's about improvisation/rock jams being more present than actual metal parts.

GeorgZnaeym wrote:

Hello, where can I send physical demo copies to for approval to be on this site? Also the covers that were on the 2014 split were from a band that we were in that has since disbanded, so they are original. Any other things that can be done so that the band shall be excepted will gladly be done. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Our band is metal, we just have a variance of influences that make it a different sounding metal.

Thanks, but no need to send anyone actual copies, you can upload photos of them to http://imgur.com/ and include the link(s) in the submission notes.

Why is the band A Night In Texas blacklisted? Can't post samples now but they essentially sound like Rings Of Saturn without the spacey stuff, ultra-fast tech deathcore with the occasional slow chugging breakdown, but pretty metallic to me. Thy Art Is Murder-ish.

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tomcat_ha about me bashing BastardHead's musical taste wrote:

i would normally use the saying pot calling the kettle black but in your case its more like a black hole calling a kettle black.